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    It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
    before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
    [Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
    amicitia munus expletum sit.]

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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

by Baltasar Gracian Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

by Wilson Mizner Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

by Bernard Meltzer Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is read more

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses, there is at last one that makes the heart run over.

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Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

by Jeremy Taylor Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent read more

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. -David Tyson Gentry.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. -David Tyson Gentry.

by David Tyson Gentry Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have read more

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.

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